Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

You have far more courage than you think you do.

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.

Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.

Your actions may not directly define the kind of person you are but the words that come out your mouth surely will.

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.

If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.

Sometimes, when you're so sad you don't know what to do, it helps to be angry.

There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.

Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for the sake of others but that she may become fully herself.